Skepticrat191 - Brescape Velocity Edition
Episode 191, Jan 16, 2023, 12:00 PM
On this week's episode: Kevin McCarthy speaks for a house divided ... We finally find the line for “bullshit not even the Tories will support” ... And now that we got the private sector involved, space travel is finally failing EFFICIENTLY.
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Headline Sources:
US House barely gets McCarthy as speaker and immediately does horrible things:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/09/us/politics/house-republicans-irs-funding.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/12/trump-impeachment-mccarthy-house-republicans/
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/us/politics/house-republican-committee-weaponization-government.html
Rail and ambulance strikes: when is industrial action planned?: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/11/rail-ambulance-strikes-when-is-industrial-action-planned-in-january
Anti-strike bill: Shapps to get power to decide minimum service levels: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/10/anti-strike-bill-unveiled-in-commons-but-no-detail-on-minimum-service-levels
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders bans use of term ‘Latinx’ in state documents: https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/12/politics/latinx-sarah-huckabee-sanders-order-arkansas-reaj
Attempt at First Satellite Launch From Britain Fails: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/09/business/uk-satellite-launch.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-64218883
UK politician suspended for comparing COVID-19 shots to Holocaust: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/11/conservative-mp-suspended-for-comparing-covid-jabs-to-holocaust
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Headline Sources:
US House barely gets McCarthy as speaker and immediately does horrible things:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/09/us/politics/house-republicans-irs-funding.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/12/trump-impeachment-mccarthy-house-republicans/
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/us/politics/house-republican-committee-weaponization-government.html
Rail and ambulance strikes: when is industrial action planned?: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/11/rail-ambulance-strikes-when-is-industrial-action-planned-in-january
Anti-strike bill: Shapps to get power to decide minimum service levels: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/10/anti-strike-bill-unveiled-in-commons-but-no-detail-on-minimum-service-levels
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders bans use of term ‘Latinx’ in state documents: https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/12/politics/latinx-sarah-huckabee-sanders-order-arkansas-reaj
Attempt at First Satellite Launch From Britain Fails: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/09/business/uk-satellite-launch.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-64218883
UK politician suspended for comparing COVID-19 shots to Holocaust: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/11/conservative-mp-suspended-for-comparing-covid-jabs-to-holocaust